Hiatus aorticus is an opening in the diaphragm through which aorta and thoracic duct pass.

Central to his [Yury Skuratov's] investigation were kickbacks supposedly paid by a Swiss construction company for contracts to restore government buildings, including both houses of parliament.

[…]somewhere a ship's radio was blaring out the latest jazz-hit to reach Alexandria: Old Tiresias / No one half so breezy as, / Half so free and easy as / Old Tiresias.

“I ganked these from the Major's house last night,” I explained, reaching into the backpack to withdraw the two books.